Fasayil
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Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,637 |
Fasayil or Fasa'il (
History
Antiquity
Under the
The ruins of a monastery dedicated to
A stone found at Fasayil commemorates a building project there dedicated to Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun. It must have been started either during his rule, or the rule of his son, Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh ibn Khumarawayh, that is between 884 and 896 CE.[6]
It was mentioned by a monk named Brocardus in the 13th century as being a small village called Pheselch and in the 14th century by Marino Sanuto as being a small village by the name of Fasaelis.[5][6] Victor Guérin visited in 1870, and found the place in ruins.[7] In 1874, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine visited and described the extensive ruins there.[8]
Modern era
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Fasayil has been under Israeli occupation.
Modern-day Fasayil consists of three parts: Fasayil al-Tahta, Fasayil al-Fauqa and Fasayil al-Wusta.[9][unreliable source?] The latter was established in 1998 by Bedouins who had been evicted by the Israeli authorities from their original lands in the Tel Arad region of the Negev Desert in the 1940s and 1950s.[10] Many of the inhabitants are registered as residents of the Bethlehem Governorate and not Jericho. Fasayil was part of the Nablus Governorate until 1995 when it became a part of the Jericho Governorate.[11]
According to ARIJ, Israel have confiscated land from Fasayil in order to construct four Israeli settlements:
- 1,049 dunams of land were taken for Tomer,[12]
- 858 dunams were taken for Gilgal,[12]
- 1,242 dunams were taken for Peza’el,[12]
- 215 dunams were taken for Nativ HaGdud.[12]
In 2006, Israeli authorities demolished 15 shelters in Fasayil al-Wusta, and in 2008 an additional 6 were demolished.[13] Fasayil gained international attention when in 2007 the Israel Defense Forces planned on demolishing the village's primary school. Since Fasayil al-Wusta is located in Area C of the West Bank, Israel has complete control over that part of the village, and granting building permits are authorized by them; the school was built without a permit. Residents often complain about the rarity of Israel permitting construction in Fasayil al-Wusta.[14]
Demographics
In the tables of the 1931 census, the population of Fasayil was included with that of Aqraba,[15] as it also was in the 1945 statistics.[16][17] The Jordanian census of 1961 recorded 318 residents.[18]
In a census conducted by Israel after it occupied the West Bank in the 1967
According to a census taken by the
There were 1,078 inhabitants and 214 buildings in the 2007 census.[22]
References
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ a b c d Phasaelis - (Kh. Fasayil) Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine Studium Biblicum Franciscanum - Jerusalem. 2000-12-19.
- ^ Josephus, Jewish War 1.21.9;
- ^ a b The Estate of the Southern Jordan River Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today Virtual Karak Resources Project and Appalachian College Association.
- ^ a b Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 388
- ^ a b Sharon, 2004, pp. 201-205
- ^ Guérin, 1874, pp. 228-232
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp.392-393
- ^ "Water for Fasayil Al-Wusta - Jordan Valley". Jordan Valley Solidarity. 2013-08-19. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
- Al-Arabiya. Archived from the originalon 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
- ^ Report on the Situation of Bedouin Refugees in the West Bank United Nations UNRWA. May 2006.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d Fasayil Village Profile p. 17
- ^ Jordan Valley Residents Land Research Center. 2008-03-01.
- ^ The fight to build a West Bank village school Amnesty International. 2007-11-01.
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 59
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 18
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 59
- ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26
- ^ Israel Bureau of Statistics, 1967–1970.
- ^ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ Palestinian Population by Locality, Sex and Age Groups in Years Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 115.
Bibliography
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (said to be haunted: p. 404)
- Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF).
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Guérin, V. (1874). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 2: Samarie, pt. 1. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (1967–1970). Joel Perlmann (ed.). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version". Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, 2011–2012. Volume 1, Table 2.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 255 )
- ISBN 0521 46010 7. (p. 48)
- ISBN 90-04-13197-3.
External links
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 15: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Fasayil Village, Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
- Fasayil Village Profile, ARIJ
- Fasayil aerial photo, ARIJ
- Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Fasayil, Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem